Lead a funded, high-growth venture bringing disruptive local and global talent sourcing to Australian industry. Hands-on founder-style role.

Who is TalentGo?

TalentGo (talentgo.com.au) is a funded, demand-led recruitment solutions enterprise established to address Australia’s persistent labour shortages. By bridging the gap between Australian employer demand and pre-vetted local and global candidate pools, the business delivers targeted talent acquisition for hard-to-fill vacancies. TalentGo operates through an integrated partner ecosystem; combining established offshore sourcing infrastructure with accredited onshore migration legal specialists; to provide streamlined, fully compliant recruitment solutions. Sydney based.

- Lead and develop a ground-breaking startup connecting Australian employers with the global talent pool.
- Join a visionary team with secure funding and a clear roadmap for rapid scale.
- Uncapped earning potential (base + commission + equity) and pathway to CEO

The Opportunity

At TalentGo, you will drive every facet of the business from day one. This is a high-accountability, high-growth opportunity designed to stretch your capabilities, offer exceptional rewards, and provide a direct trajectory to the CEO seat.

The Sales & Operations Director - Recruitment and Talent Sourcing will be based in Sydney and report to the Board your responsibilities will include:

- Strategy: Partner with the Board to shape long-term strategic growth, unlock current revenue streams and deliver transparent operational, financial and risk reporting.
- Business Development & Market Growth: Design and execute hands-on sales, marketing and channel strategies to build employer demand,



establish client relationships and drive revenue.
- End-to-End Recruitment & Candidate Care: Lead local and global talent sourcing operations, establishing a strong candidate database and supporting placed candidates to ensure successful community assimilation in Australia.
- Financial Management & P&L;: Own P&L; performance, including hands on budgeting, pricing and cash flow oversight in close partnership with the outsourced CFO to achieve self-funding sustainability.
- Partner & Stakeholder Management: Direct external partner contracts (including migration legal, global sourcing and IT/AI providers), ensuring strict SLA compliance, quality control and strong stakeholder relationships.
- Operational Setup & Process Control: Establish documented workflows, implement reporting metrics and ensure full compliance with all legal, regulatory and contractual obligations (within Australia).
- Administration & Team Leadership: Personally manage day-to-day administrative tasks during the initial startup phase, progressively hiring, onboarding and leading internal staff as operations scale.

The Person

You’re goal-oriented, you have a strong sense of urgency and it’s in your nature to build and scale. Taking a startup recruitment venture to market is a rare challenge, which means your passion for driving sales,



your ability to operate without corporate hand-holding and your continuous focus on commercial excellence will ensure your success in this new role. We are looking for:

- Recruitment (or Industry) Sector Credibility: Senior commercial or operational leadership in recruitment, staffing, contractor management or adjacent regulated services.
- "Built-and-Scaled" Operator Mindset: Direct track record of taking an early-stage business or business unit through rapid growth, establishing operating rhythms, scorecards and systems without relying on corporate infrastructure.
- Consultative B2B Sales Drive: Exceptional hunter mindset, personally pitching business owners/executives, converting workforce challenges into paid engagements and originating job orders from scratch.
- Commercial & Financial Acumen: Full P&L; ownership, including budgets, forecasts, pricing, cash flow and margin management across partner cost structures.
- Partner & Stakeholder Leadership: Ability to align boards, shareholders, offshore sourcing partners, legal providers and clients, resolving operational issues directly and constructively.
- Governance, Risk & Compliance Literacy: Comfortable operating in regulated environments, maintaining contractual rigor and reporting candidly to the Board on finance, risk and compliance.
- People-First, Performance-Driven Leadership: Ability to build trust and a healthy culture while setting clear accountabilities, expectations and addressing underperformance.
- Tech & Systems Fluency: Hands-on experience implementing CRM’s, recruitment platforms or workflows, using data to drive operational efficiency and scale.
- Resilience & Learning Agility:

📌 Sales & Operations Director - Recruitment and Talent Sourcing (Sydney)
🏢 Employee Matters
📍 Sydney